CN101116760A - Medicine discharge device and cartridge mountable thereto - Google Patents
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A medicine discharge device (E, 101) configured to discharge medicine to be administered to a user, includes a mount portion (20) configured to mount a medicine discharge cartridge (6, 201), the medicine discharge cartridge (6, 201) having at least a medicine reservoir (7) and a medicine discharge portion (8) and being removable from the device (E, 101); and a receiving circuit (105) configured to receive an output signal sent from a sensor (203), the sensor (203) being provided at the cartridge (6, 201) mounted at the mount portion (20) and detecting an inhalation state.
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Technical field
The present invention generally relates to the medicine exhaust apparatus and superincumbent Medicine box can be installed, and this equipment is carried by the user, and being configured to discharge will be by the medicine of user's suction.Particularly, the present invention relates to technology that the medicine exhaust apparatus is used to keep healthy etc. safely.
Background technology
Medicine exhaust apparatus by being used for discharging the medicine that will be sucked by the user and combination such as the information database of electron medical treatment figure one class are carried out treatment for the user.Such medicine exhaust apparatus comprises memory element, is used to store the information relevant with the individual consumer, and this information comprises user's the medical treatment figure and the information of prescription.The medicine exhaust apparatus is also as allowing the user to suck the handheld device of the inhaler of medicine.The medicine exhaust apparatus has the emission control device that is used to control inhaler discharging medicine, makes the user to suck medicine (seeing international publication number No.WO95/01137 and WO02/04043) according to the information of prescription.
Utilize this medicine exhaust apparatus, can be according to the amount of the medicine of the monitoring of administrative institute correctly of writing out a prescription.Therefore, no longer need be for the medicine monitoring such as the such medical apparatus and instruments of syringe.The user can easily operate the medicine exhaust apparatus and without expertise, and can not feel the pain that causes because of syringe.
Simultaneously, importantly the medicine exhaust apparatus is correctly monitored medicine.Therefore, equipment is considered to possess safety and reproducibility; Yet in fact, the picked-up of medicine is to train according to user's suction.In order to absorb medicine effectively, the user must learn correct suction technology.
An example of technology is provided, and the pick off that wherein is used to detect the suction pattern is provided in the body of inhaler, and like this, the user can learn correct suction technology.Pick off shows the suction pattern by the aerosol that use comprises pseudo-medicine, and vision and audition biofeedback (seeing U.S. Patent No. 4,984,158) for the pattern of suction are provided.
When the suction pattern is detected when being used to learn correct suction technology, must use pick off with sufficiently high precision.Yet, when carrying out actual suction, use such pick off to suck the detection of pattern and show unimportant.During reality sucks, the detection that sucks pattern is only provided the estimation afterwards of suction.Hope sucks the detection of pattern in the training that does not have the medicine discharging, so that learn correct suction pattern in the training of every day.In this case, though estimate the user with by training study to mode suck medicine, in the body of equipment, can be provided for detecting the simple sensors that sucks beginning, and need not high-precision pick off.
It is the bottleneck of simplified apparatus configuration that high-precision pick off is provided in the body of equipment.
In addition, the medicine of discharging is imported the intravital air duct of user may have negative pressure, this be since suck cause and with position change.In order to detect the suction pattern, wish that near the part (having the part of identical negative pressure with discharge unit) the discharge unit of medicine provides pick off.Yet because structural limitations, being difficult to provides pick off in above-mentioned mode.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of structure that can the simplified apparatus body, detect the suction pattern, thereby allow the medicine exhaust apparatus of the correct suction technology of user learning.
According to an aspect of the present invention, a kind of medicine exhaust apparatus that is configured to discharge the medicine that will be administered to the user comprises: the mounting portion, be configured to install medicine discharging box, medicine discharging box has drug storage and medicine discharge unit at least and can disassemble on the slave unit; And receiving circuit, being configured to receive the output signal that sends from pick off, this pick off is arranged on the described medicine discharging box of being installed to described mounting portion and detects suction condition.
According to a further aspect in the invention, a kind of suction training box of being installed on the medicine exhaust apparatus is provided, described medicine exhaust apparatus is configured to be provided for discharging the discharging signal of the medicine that will be administered to the user, and described suction training box comprises the pick off that is configured to detect suction condition.
Utilization is according to the medicine exhaust apparatus of above aspect of the present invention, and the user easily sucks training every day, and the instruction that need not provide by the professional.In addition, the structure of equipment can be simplified, and not be used in the function of the costliness that provides extra on the equipment body.And, can be deployed in owing to pick off near the discharge unit of reality, thereby can correctly detect the suction pattern.
The following explanation of making in conjunction with the drawings it will be appreciated that other characteristic of the present invention and advantage, and identical label is represented same or similar parts on all figure.
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Fig. 1 shows to use the perspective view of the example of the inhaler of medicine exhaust apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 shows inhaler shown in Figure 1 perspective view under the state that its access lid is opened.
Fig. 3 shows the perspective view that is provided at the medicine exhaust unit (Medicine box) on the inhaler shown in Figure 1.
Fig. 4 shows the figure of the internal circuit of medicine exhaust apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 5 is the figure that shows the internal circuit of the Medicine box that is used for actual suction.
Fig. 6 A is the front view that shows a side of the heater plates that is provided with Medicine box shown in Figure 5.
Fig. 6 B is the sectional view that shows the passage when Medicine box shown in Figure 5 is installed to the equipment body of medicine exhaust apparatus.
Fig. 7 shows the internal circuit diagram that sucks the pseudo-Medicine box of training according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 8 A is the front view that shows a side of the sensor unit that is equipped with pseudo-Medicine box shown in Figure 7.
Fig. 8 B is the sectional view that shows the air duct when pseudo-Medicine box shown in Figure 7 is installed to the medicine exhaust apparatus.
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Now according to accompanying drawing the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.
Fig. 1 shows to use the perspective view of the outward appearance of the inhaler of medicine exhaust apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention.Fig. 2 shows inhaler shown in Figure 1 perspective view under the state that its access lid is opened.
The inhaler E of present embodiment comprises box-like shell 1 and at the protecgulum 3 and the access lid 2 of the open side of shell 1.
Protecgulum 3 becomes one with shell 1, so that be enclosed on the longitudinal direction of open side a part near an end.Access lid 2 rotatably is attached to edge at the shell 1 of the other end of the longitudinal direction of open side via hinge 2a.Access lid 2 relies on the back-moving spring (not shown) to promote to open usually.Protecgulum 3 has locking bar 10, and locking bar 10 is furnished with a protruding 10a.A tip (free end) engagement of projection 10a and access lid 2 is opened to stop access to cover 2 accidents.
When locking bar 10 resisted the Elastic Sliding of springs, protruding 10a was released from the tip of access lid 2, because the elasticity of back-moving spring, access lid 2 is around the rotation of hinge 2a, so access lid 2 is opened.
Shown in Fig. 2 and 3, when access lid 2 was opened, medicine exhaust unit (medicine discharging box) 6 and medicine mouth (suction inlet) 4 were exposed.Be integrated with discharge head 8 and drug container (drug storage) 7 in the medicine exhaust unit 6.Medicine exhaust unit 6 and medicine mouth 4 are supported removably by the guiding parts 20 of shell 1.
As shown in Figure 3, medicine exhaust unit 6 comprises the drug container 7 that is used for holding medicine, is used for discharging the discharge head 8 of medicine and has the parts 9 of electrical connection face 9a.Electrical connection face 9a is electrically connected to battery, and battery is given the heating installation power supply that is located on the discharge head 8, makes heater produce heat energy.Battery can be chargeable secondary cell.As mentioned above, drug container and discharge head can be integrated into the form of Medicine box.Alternatively, drug container and discharge head can be provided independently.
In the present invention, medicine discharge unit (discharge head) can have required blowdown presssure generation unit.The example of blowdown presssure generation unit can comprise to medicine and applies the electric transducer of heat energy and apply the electromechanical transducer of mechanical energy to medicine.In other words, the example that is used to discharge the method for medicine can comprise and uses electric transducer to apply heat energy and from the method (hot spraying method) of floss hole discharging medicine to medicine, and the vibration pressure that utilizes electromechanical transducer (for example, piezoelectric element) applies mechanical energy and from the method for floss hole discharging medicine to medicine.The method that is used to discharge medicine can be selected according to type of medicine etc.
Using under the situation of hot spraying method, can accurately determine the heat of employed thermal pulse between the diameter, draining period of floss hole and as the size of the micro-heater of electric transducer for each medicine exhaust unit, thereby strengthen reproducibility.Therefore, droplet size distribution can narrow down.In addition, the manufacturing cost of discharge head can reduce, and such discharge head can be applied to needs the frequent various mini-plants of changing discharge head.Because this point, use the medicine exhaust apparatus of hot spraying method to be specially adapted to wish portable, the situation easily of medicine exhaust apparatus.
Be used for the medicine that medicine of the present invention is not limited to comprise the medicinal compound that presents pharmacology and physiological action.Except medicinal compound, medicine also can comprise flavoring agent, pigment, pigment etc.In addition, medicine can be liquid or powder.
Being used for medical solutions of the present invention can be liquid drug or the liquid medium that comprises medicine.Medical solutions can also comprise required additive in addition.The state of medicine in liquid can be each of dissolving, diffusion, emulsifying, suspension and slurry.If medicine is isostatic in liquid, then medicine is suitable for using.
When medical solutions was used as medicine, the main component of liquid medium can be water or organic material.Particularly, consider medicine for the using of life entity, main component can be a water.
Fig. 4 shows the figure of the internal circuit of medicine exhaust apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention.Fig. 4 shows the intravital circuit of machine that is located at inhaler 101 (corresponding to label E shown in Figure 1).Fig. 5,6A and 6B show the Medicine box 201 (corresponding to the Reference numeral shown in Fig. 1 to 3 6) that is installed on the inhaler 101.Pseudo-Medicine box 301 is trained in the suction that Fig. 7,8A and 8B demonstration are installed on the inhaler 101.
Fig. 5 is the figure that shows the internal circuit of the Medicine box 201 that is used for actual suction.Embed heater plates 204 in the Medicine box 201.Heater plates 204 is provided with heater 202.Electric pulse is applied to heater 202, so that the medicine in the liquid chambers of discharge head is heated, makes to generate bubble in medicine, and is discharged from the floss hole that is communicated with liquid chambers as microdroplet.Therefore, inhaler 101 can be by the user as the medicine inhaler.Also be provided with temperature detecting unit 203 on the heater plates 204.The resistance value of temperature detecting unit 203 becomes with temperature on feature.So, by constant electric current being applied to temperature detecting unit 203 and measuring voltage at its two ends, temperature that just can HEATER FOR MEASURING plate 204.Though temperature detecting unit 203 is shown as resistance, utilize forward voltage temperature-dependent diode on feature can obtain being similar to the such effect of resistance.Medicine box (6,201) comprises drug storage and the discharge unit that holds medicine at least.Medicine box can disassemble from the body of inhaler (shown in Figure 4 101).
Terminal A shown in Figure 4 is connected to terminal a shown in Fig. 5,6,7,8A and 8B respectively to d to D.The internal circuit of inhaler 101 comprises the power controlling filed effect transistor (FET) 102 that is embedded in wherein, FET 106, constant-current circuit 103 and resistive element 104 and the A/D converter 105 that is used as driving switch.Power control FET 102 is added to terminal a to supply voltage by terminal A.FET (driving switch) 106 is connected to terminal b by terminal B, is located at the distribute power of the heater 202 in the Medicine box 201 with foundation.Constant-current circuit 103 and resistive element 104 offer constant electric current the temperature detecting unit 203 that is connected to terminal c by terminal C.A/D converter 105 becomes numeral to the voltage of terminal C from analog-converted, so that detect voltage.Terminal D is connected to another terminal of temperature detecting unit 203 by terminal d.Terminal D is grounding to the reference voltage source of low-voltage.When Medicine box 201 was installed to inhaler 101, terminal D provided constant electric current to resistive element 104.Though constant-current circuit 103 and resistive element 104 are shown as circuits of direct current amplifier, scheme also can be used three terminal regulator or current regulator diode as an alternative.FET (driving switch) 106 carries the discharging signal that be used to discharge the medicine that be administered to user to Bn to Medicine box 201 by terminal B1.
Fig. 6 A is the front view that shows a side of the heater plates 204 that is equipped with Medicine box shown in Figure 5 201.Fig. 6 B is the sectional view that shows the passage (corresponding to the Reference numeral 5 of Fig. 1 and 2) when Medicine box shown in Figure 5 201 is installed in the body of inhaler 101.Conduit wall 107 with perforate is provided in the inhaler 101.When Medicine box 201 was installed to inhaler 101, the heater plates 204 of Medicine box 201 was installed to the perforate of conduit wall 107, so that form passage by closed perforate.The medicine of discharging passes passage, is sucked by the user.At this moment, passage can be straight profile, is bonded on the passage owing to turbulent flow occurring to prevent medicine.
Fig. 7 is the figure that shows the internal circuit that sucks the pseudo-Medicine box 301 of training according to an embodiment of the invention.Supply voltage is transported to pseudo-Medicine box 301 by terminal a to d.Be provided with sensor unit 302 in the pseudo-Medicine box 301, for example the pressure transducer that is made of piezoelectric unit etc. is used for the variation of detected pressures.In addition, according to the index of sensor unit 302 or be used to control the method for the power of inhaler 101, optionally can be embedded in pseudo-Medicine box 301 with being used for the power circuit 303 of sensor unit 302, the operational amplifier 304 that is used to amplify output signal etc.The output of operational amplifier 304 is connected to terminal c, and is imported into the A/D converter 105 as the receiving circuit of the body of inhaler 101.Be shown as circuits of direct current amplifier though be used for the power circuit 303 of sensor unit 302, alternatively can use three terminal regulator.Though operational amplifier 304 is shown as buffer amplifier, can utilize any required circuit configuration.According to the circuit configuration of being adopted, operational amplifier 304 can be embedded in the inhaler 101.
Fig. 8 A is the front view that shows a side of the sensor unit 302 that is equipped with pseudo-Medicine box 301 shown in Figure 7.Fig. 8 B is the sectional view that shows the air duct when pseudo-Medicine box 301 shown in Figure 7 is installed to the body of inhaler 101.The profile of pseudo-Medicine box 301 and the profile of Medicine box 201 are basic identical.Pseudo-Medicine box 301 can be installed to inhaler 101, replaces Medicine box 201.The pressure detector of sensor unit 302 is disposed in the position over against air duct.Since pseudo-Medicine box 301 can replace Medicine box 201 be installed to the body of inhaler 101 be used for the training, so pseudo-Medicine box 301 does not need drug storage.
Pseudo-Medicine box 301 is installed to inhaler 101, and power supply control FET 102 is switched on, and like this, the sensor unit 302 of pseudo-Medicine box 301 enters enabled state.When the user carries out when sucking operation, sensor unit 302 detected pressures change as suction condition, and output signal is sent to A/D converter 105 as receiving circuit by terminal C.User's suction condition can be measured, and no matter whether a kind of like this suction testing agency that is located in the inhaler 101 exists.
For each user of inhaler 101, determine best inhalation method according to the amount of medicament of age, sex, symptom, prescription, drug variety or the like.When the user did not suck medicine, the user can measure suction condition by using pseudo-Medicine box 301, compares and measures state that and the data of representing the best inhalation method in the memorizer that is recorded in inhaler 101 and assessment result.Therefore, the user can train inhalation method every day, and need not be by the instruction that provides such as doctor or the such professional of pharmacists.At this moment, for example can offer the user with the comparative result of best inhalation method with to result's assessment by image forming apparatus or audio output device.By carrying out enough suction training every day, the user can learn best inhalation method.This can improve or keep the ingestion efficiency of medicine.
In addition, the pick off that accurately detects the suction pattern is not located on the body of inhaler 101, and is provided in a side of on the pseudo-Medicine box 301.This can be avoided the expensive function that provides extra on the body of inhaler 101, simplifies the structure of inhaler 101 thus.And pseudo-Medicine box 301 is installed to the body of inhaler 101, makes the position of pressure detector of sensor unit 302 corresponding to the position of the floss hole of discharge head when the Medicine box 201 that is used for actual suction is mounted.Therefore, pick off can be arranged near actual discharge portion office or its.This realizes the detection of best suction condition (suction pattern).
In addition,, do not discharge medicine, thus, eliminate the waste of medicine at the training period that is used to detect the suction pattern.
Usually, sensor unit 302 is expensive often, because it can detect little pressure.Owing to during using pseudo-Medicine box 301, do not discharge medicine, needn't consider the appearance or the medicine bonding of turbulent flow.Because this point, projection 305 can be located at the upstream of sensor unit 302, makes suction passage narrow down, and improves air rate.This can cause in the big negative pressure of sensor unit 302 places generation.Big negative pressure can improve accuracy of detection, therefore, promptly uses cheap element also can carry out accurate measurement.Sensor unit 302 can be arranged on the projection 305.
Under the situation of using pseudo-Medicine box 301, because do not discharge medicine, so do not need to use terminal B and b.Yet, if being provided with by the resistance value of measuring between terminal A and B, the body of inhaler 101 carries out the installation and measuring of Medicine box 201 and the circuit of defects detection, can on pseudo-Medicine box 301, provide a pseudo-resistance that is equivalent to heater 202 so.In this case, inhaler 101 can be according to the pseudo-resistance that is in open-circuit condition or according to the installation of the pseudo-Medicine box 301 of the combine detection of resistance value.Alternatively, the output valve of operational amplifier 304 under stable state compared and can be increased with the output voltage of constant-current circuit 103, to indicate the installation of pseudo-Medicine box 301.Perhaps, the combination of said structure can be provided in the reliable judgement between Medicine box 201 and the pseudo-Medicine box 301.
Though the present invention describes with reference to exemplary embodiment, should see, the invention is not restricted to disclosed exemplary embodiment.The scope of following claim should broadly be interpreted as and comprise all modifications, equivalent configurations and function.
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1. medicine exhaust apparatus that is configured to discharge the medicine that will be administered to the user, described equipment comprises:
The mounting portion is configured to install medicine discharging box, and described medicine discharging box has drug storage and medicine discharge unit at least, and can disassemble from described equipment; And
Receiving circuit is configured to receive the output signal that sends from pick off, and described pick off is arranged on the described medicine discharging box of being installed to described mounting portion and detects suction condition.
2. box is trained in the suction that can be installed on the medicine exhaust apparatus, and described medicine exhaust apparatus is configured to be provided for discharging the discharging signal of the medicine that will be administered to the user, and described suction training box comprises the pick off that is configured to detect suction condition.
3. according to the suction training box of claim 2, wherein said pick off is a pressure transducer.
4. according to the suction training box of claim 2 or 3, also comprise projection, when described suction training box was installed on the described equipment, the profile of described projection made suction passage narrow down.
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